Expertise

Dr. Laufer is the founder & medical director of the Heart & Vascular Center of Arizona. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and interventional cardiology and has been in practice since 1984. He received his undergraduate degree and M.D. from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Toronto and a cardiology fellowship at the University of Michigan, whose faculty he then joined. Today, Dr. Laufer is a member of the teaching faculty at Banner Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, past president of the Maricopa County Medical Society, president and founder of the Cardiovascular Society of Arizona, and a past president of the Arizona affiliate of the American Heart Association. He is the immediate past president of the Arizona Medical Association. He is also past director of the Coronary Care Unit and past director of Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Good Samaritan. He regularly holds workshops for cardiologists throughout the country and is an industry advisor on interventional products. He is currently the medical director of the Cardiac Cath Lab of Phoenix. He also holds many awards for excellence in his field. Dr. Laufer was born in Montreal, Canada. For more on Dr. Laufer, visit Phoenix Magazine’s Top Doctors.

Publications

Dr. Laufer has published numerous abstracts, manuscripts, and articles in highly prestigious magazines and journals on his findings in scientific research and the technological advancements in treating coronary artery disease. His most recent publications are:

Binette M, Laufer N: Failure of APSAC Thrombolysis in a patient with acute myocardial infarction and antistreptococcal antibodies. Presented at American College of Physicians meeting, Tucson, Arizona, 1991.

Dr. Laufer’s scientific presentations have been recognized by and presented at such prestigious institutions as the American College of Physicians and the Inter-American Congress of Cardiology. He also has been invited on many occasions to speak at medical centers and hospitals, university medical schools and colleges across North America.

Honors and Awards

1971-76: McGill University Scholarships
1986-87: Teacher of the Year – Good Samaritan Medical Center
1995: Best Doctor Award-Cardiac Catheterization – Phoenix Magazine Physician Survey
1996: Top Doc-Cardiovascular Disease – Phoenix Magazine, Woodward/White Survey
1996-97: Listed in Best Doctors in America: Pacific Region
1997-2007: Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
1997: Top Doc-Cardiovascular Disease – Phoenix Magazine Nurses Survey
1998-01, 2003-2010: Top Doc-Cardiovascular Disease, Phoenix Magazine
1998-2010: Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
1998-2001: Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the West
1998-2010: Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America
1998-2010: Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World
1997: Listed in Phoenix Business Journal Survey of Most Influential in Health Care
1998: Listed in Phoenix Business Journal-Who’s Who in Healthcare
2000-01: Listed in The Kingston’s National Registry of Who’s Who (life member #189771)
2001-02: Listed in National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives & Professionals
2005: NCQA Heart-Stroke Certification
2007-09: Listed in Best Doctors in America
2008: National Leadership Award, Wings of Memory, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
2010: American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Recognition Award
2010: Listed in Leading Physicians of the World
2012: Listed in Phoenix Super Doctors, AZ Magazine
2012: Best Doctors 2011-201 Arizona Business Magazine’s Ranking Arizona